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Helminthophaga pinus, UAiiii). 



BLUE -WINGED YELLOW WABBLEK. 



C'erHiiii iiiiiim, Linn. Sy.st. Nat. I, 17()0, 187. S/ihiu /liiiiis, Laiii., Vikim,. (not of M'ii,- 

 SON). /fc/iiiiiil/iiiiiliiKjd /liiiiiH, li.viitn, IJirils N. Am. 1858, 25-t ; Hcv. 174. — Sci,ai'i;i! 

 it Sai,\ IS, lliis, 1, IS;')!!, 11 ((iuatnimla). - Sil.ATKlt, C'litiil. 1801, •>», no. 170. Sit/n'ii. 

 sulitiiriii, Wii.sciN, Ami. Oiii. II, pi. .\v. ^ Arn. Oiii. Hiog. I, |)1. x.v. Suhuailn ml. 

 lluil. rermiciini mil. Sw. lliliiKiia sol. \v\k Miids Am. II, pi. i-.\i. llihuithc 

 ml. Bun. — Sii.ATKii, P. Z. S. Isr.ti, :2!il (Coidovii). Jhliiiin/liu/iliaijit .sul. C'aii. 



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Sp. Ciiau. Uppur parts iiiul clifcks olivc-<r|-ccii, brigliU-st, on tlio riiinp; the wiiijj.^, tail, 

 and upper tail-coverts, in part, bliiisli-c.nay. An intensely blaek [lateii Iroin the blue-black 

 bill to the eye, continued a short distance liehiiid it. Crown, e.\ec|)t behind, and the under 

 parts generally, rich oraiifre-yellow. The inner win^ and under lail-c(]verts white. Eye- 

 lids, and a short line above and behind the eye, liri^diter yellow. Wiiii; with two white 

 bands. Two outer tail-leathers with most of the inner weli, thinl one with a spot at the 

 end, white. Femitle and i/oiui;/ similar, duller, with inori' olivaceous on the crown. Length, 

 4.r)0; wiiifr, 2.40; tail, 2.10. 



Hah. Eastern ITnited States and Mexico to (Juatemala (Cordova; Cohan). Not 

 noted i'roin West Indies. 



Habits. Tlie Bliio-wiiif^'nd Yellow Wiirlilor is not known so far to the 

 north as New Eiioland, and i.s rare even in Eastern and Sontliern New York. 

 Tt seems to be distriluited throuoh the United States from I'ennsylvania to 

 Floridii, iind from the Mississijipi Valley eastwavd. It has also lieen taken 

 in Central America. Mr. Trippe states that it breeds in the vicinity of 

 Orange, N. Y. Mr. Andubon fonnd it tibnndant in the barrens of Ken- 

 tucky, iiiid as i'iir north on the Mi.ssissippi as St. (lenevicve. 



In reo;ard to the song of this bird, Mr. Trippe states that its notes are very 

 forcible and chanicteristic. Once hciU'd, they will always be remembered. 

 He describes them as a rapid chirrup resendiling chTiuehich, k'-a-rc-r'r'r'r'r, 

 uttered very tpiickly. According to Mr. Itidgwiiy, they are wonderfully 

 similar to the rude lisping chirrup of the CotiirmcHla!^ jMxst'vinux. 



Wilson says that these ^Varblers come from the South early in May, fre- 

 ([uenting tiiickets and shrublieries in search of insects, wiiich they seek in 

 the branches. They are also fond of visiting gardens and orchards, gleaning 

 for insects among the low bushes. They generally build their nests on the 

 edge of se([uestered woods. These ^Ir. Wilson states to have been, in every 

 instance observed by him, fixed on the ground, in a thick tussock of long 

 grass, and built in the form of an inverted cone, the sides being formed 

 of the dry bark of strong fibrous weeds lined with fine dry grasses. These 

 nuiteriids, he remarks, are not arranged in the usutil circular iniumer, but 

 shelve downwiird from the top, the mouth being wide and the bottom narrow. 

 He describes the eggs as five in number, pure white, with a few liiint dots 

 of reddish near the larger end. The young apjtear the first week in June. 

 The nests were always in an ojien but retired ])art of the woods, and were 

 all as thus described. 



